Kermit's coffee mug

My kermits mug is "chipless"
I feel like one of those kids on Seasame street who didn't belong in that depressing song... "One of these kids is doing his own thing" Apparently my Kermit is "Safety Frog" with his "safe mug"
I wonder though if he was intended to have a tea cup instead, with the way his pinky finger is pointed.

I also agree with Wolfe... the accesories are really what caught my attention when I first thought about buying them. With the amount of detail that is going into the upcoming playsets and figures - things are only getting better! I can't wait to shoot Gonzo out of the cannon that he comes with!

What do you guys think.... are you happy that Palisades is losing the anniversary bases for more accessories? I am! I say "Bring on the accessories!"

By the way Wolfe we seem to think a lot on the same lines... are we really brothers seperated at birth... or maybe it's because were both Canadians... better yet Canadian geniuses!

Originally posted by bc-fraggle What do you guys think.... are you happy that Palisades is losing the anniversary bases for more accessories? I am! I say "Bring on the accessories!"

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Personally, I like the stability that the bases provide. I can bump into my bookshelf without the Muppets falling over. I'm not upset about it or anything, though. I just hope bases are available for sale on the site as previously discussed. Heck, if they threw together Collector's Club bases and mailed out 5 of them every time a new wave shipped, that'd be more than enough reason for me to join the club.

Don't get me wrong at all guys... I like the bases too... but I would rather see Palisades offer them to buyers through the club or with figures that really need them... in order to give us more "extra's". Only my piggy really needs her stand... so the others I will put away and use on figures down the road that won't stand! Although I think most of them will stand just fine unless they are top heavy. I think Palisades is taking this into consideration and are doing a great job making sure everyone stands on his/her own.

I think the stands were a great idea for the first wave to aknowledge the 25th anniversary!

I have all the bases but only use the one for miss piggy as well...but it's nice to have some extras in case I need them down the road...but yeah, gven the option, unless the figure just won't stand up, I'd rather have more accesories than another base...

hmm, Kermit, I find, actually stands better without his base if you angle his feet to point in a bit, but he is still the most likely to fall besides piggy, and yet has only fallen like, once in 5 or 6 times I've bumped the shelf...so that's a pretty good track record

If it's just a solid piece of plastic with no logo, I don't know if I'd even bother buying them ... I'd consider it if they were really cheap (50 cents or less) since I have that running-into-furniture problem. If they have a nice logo (either Muppets or Palisades), I'd pay $1 each.

In terms of shipping, I think it should only be $1-2 for up to 10 bases shipped in the U.S.

I'm basing this on the following assumptions:
U.S. shipping would be very cheap, since they barely weigh anything. Creating the bases would cost almost nothing; you could use the existing molds and relatively low-quality plastic. Stamping a logo would cost a little, but not much. The prices I mentioned would cover your costs, plus a little extra. Obviously, you can't expect to make a lot of profit off bases ... it's more of an increasing-fan-goodwill thing.

As I said, those are assumptions. I don't really know what would go into making them. Of course, Ken, if you can explain the reasoning behind why they should cost more than this, I'm willing to listen.

Then again, if you just sent them out as a free bonus to Collectors Club members ... that'd be nice too.

Oh, I get it. I thought you meant that you had more stands than figures somehow. I'm actually up one. I'm currently only using the stands for Kermit and Dr. Teeth. Beaker's strapped to the table (meep!) and Dr. Honeydew is just standing on the lab floor with the rabbit.

I don't have Piggy yet ... I was thinking about heading out to the mall today today to get the EB long-haired one, but we'll see if I actually get around to it. I don't know if I want it, or if I just want to wait until the Pigs in Space playset to get her. I haven't decided whether I want to get ALL of the regular figures or if I'll skip the occasional one that doesn't strike me as must-have. (I'm definitely not going to try to get all the "special" ones ... I can't justify the cost of the black shirt Dr. Teeth.)

If I were you I'd go for the long haired Piggy..she may be the weakest figure (aside from short haired miss piggy, that is) in Wave one, but she's still a pretty cool toy...and it's nice to have a piggy to display with the rest of the "regular cast" The pigs in Space one you KNOW you're always gonna keep on the playset, right?

Yep, I finally got around to getting Piggy. My girlfriend used the "you like the others so much, you might as well get that one too" logic on me, so that settled it. I must say, it's growing on me. Apart from the smooth skin, this long-haired version looks nice. She can't wear her boa, though ... my cat already attacked it once. Ah well.